10.07.2026 à 07:14
Uranium? Greenlanders say 'No thanks' to Australian mining company
Environmental activists have applauded a June 26 decision by the Greenlandic government to reject an extension to a controversial exploration license held by Western Australian-based mining company Energy Transition Minerals (ETM).
Urani? Naamik (Uranium? No thanks) activists. Photo: Erik Jensen
Kuannersuit/Kvanefjeld, in the country's south, contains the second-largest uranium deposit in the world, possibly the largest thorium deposit and the third-largest rare earth deposits.
When (…)
09.07.2026 à 19:08
De l'huile sur le feu : pourquoi les compagnies pétrolières s'enrichissent alors que la planète se réchauffe dangereusement
Le consensus scientifique établi est que la combustion des combustibles fossiles est à l'origine de la crise climatique, et pourtant les plus grandes compagnies pétrolières mondiales prévoient d'augmenter leur production
Les plus grandes compagnies pétrolières prévoient d'augmenter leur production de 14 % en moyenne entre 2024 et 2030, selon les données du Climate Transition Centre de la London School of Economics. Photo : Christian Hartmann/Reuters
Alors que le monde souffre d'une (…)
09.07.2026 à 18:57
Marine Le Pen has now been convicted twice - everything else is just chatter
After the Paris Court of Appeal removed the threat of her being ineligible for public office, far-right leader Marine Le Pen went on television news within hours to declare that she would stand in the 2027 presidential election. As Mediapart's Fabrice Arfi notes in this op-ed article, the fact that a senior politician in France has been found guilty twice over in a case involving the misappropriation of public funds is evidently no longer enough to disqualify them.
There is a well-known (…)
09.07.2026 à 18:26
Marine Le Pen a été reconnue coupable deux fois en un an : le reste n'est que bavardage
Libérée de l'inéligibilité par la cour d'appel de Paris, la cheffe de file de l'extrême droite a déclaré sur TF1 être candidate à l'élection présidentielle. En France, la double reconnaissance de culpabilité d'une responsable politique dans une affaire de détournement de fonds publics n'est donc pas synonyme de disqualification.
Il y a, en matière de sécurité routière, un phénomène bien connu : l'effet tunnel. Il définit un rétrécissement du champ de la perception en situation de stress, (…)
09.07.2026 à 18:13
Marine Le Pen to stand for French presidency in 2027 despite being found guilty of misappropriating public funds
Far-right leader Marine Le Pen has announced she will stand as a candidate in France's presidential election in 2027. Her decision came after the Paris Court of Appeal confirmed her conviction for misappropriating public funds from the European Parliament. In its sentencing the court - which referred to “voters' freedom of choice” - had already left the way open for Le Pen to stand as the Rassemblement National candidate for the election when it reduced a ban on holding public office (…)
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